Wednesday, August 18, 2010

While You're Under the Bus...

Mayor Daley suspended his revenue director Tuesday over a memo to the police department warning that ticket writing is down — calling it “stupid.”

Revenue Director Bea Reyna-Hickey was suspended for a day over the Aug. 10 memo that told police the city “will witness a dramatic decrease in annual revenues and not meet 2010 targets” if a slump in parking tickets and vehicle-compliance tickets continues.

“Stupidity. It was stupid. Just stupid. Some bureaucrat sent that out,” Daley said at an unrelated news conference. “The revenue department has nothing to do with the police department, period. They [officers] will determine whether you violated a law. No one else can. Especially revenue can’t.”

Everyone knows that Daley puts the pressure on the ones below him and they pass it on down to the troops. Nearly everyday at roll call the WC tells us we need more tickets. Funny how the media believes everything Daley says. The media is either stupid or thinks Daley is the most honest man in the world. We are so short handed and you can't do more with less. Common sense.

Nice to see the strong words from Orr. Too bad Fitz has his head so far up Barry and Daleys ass he can't see the sun. Interesting how this memo seems to coincide with the EB edict of 10 lowest performing officers in the district. Now you have supervisors all the from Sgt. to Commanders putting heat on PO's to generate "activity" aka revenue. I have a sure fire way to raise MILLIONS in parking revenue. The streets all along wth south and west siders are FILLED with double parkers. Thousands of cars every Sunday in front of the latest "store front walk-up churches." If I was a PO who was counseled I'd write as many parkers as I could and DARE the Commander to take issue with me. In fact I'd pray for it. I'd retire with a fat fucking federal lawsuit check and sue the Commander and city for creating a hostile work environment.

A day suspension. Give me a break. P.O.'s are getting suspensions like Bay Bay be gitting hot chips and red pop from his local Arab storeon his aunties Link Card. This is bullshit. Bringing news that is controversial to little big man warrants at a least a 3 day suspension. Look how many days that RW took for the airport fiasco. I guess Bea has more clout than anyone on the CPD.

Nice to see the strong words from Orr. ========================Ex-(acting)Mayor and present County Clerk David Orr refered to the "millions and millions' that have been stolen by City Hall. Predictably, Fran Spielman forgot what every first-year journalism student knows to ask: "Who? What? When? Where? How?" (We already know Why.) Would have been great to hear David elaborate.

I need to check my pulse... Either I misread that, or Daley just did something that makes sense.

Shanks was just scapegoating some clout connected asshole that fucked up and let that bullshit leak to the media. It was meant for our ears only and it got made public. The voters don't like to get parking tickets.

That leprechaun asshole decided to let that "slip" out to the public/media so there'd be something else to be mad at the police about. "You all are so greedy, you broke the city even more with your new contract/raise/retro, now you won't even help by writing more parking tickets."

“Stupidity. It was stupid. Just stupid. Some bureaucrat sent that out,” Daley said at an unrelated news conference. “The revenue department has nothing to do with the police department, period. They [officers] will determine whether you violated a law. No one else can. Especially revenue can’t.”

Wait... WHAT?????I see Dept of Revenue issuing tickets all over the City! And Lil Dick, YOU want to point a finger and call someone a "Bureaucrat"? Talk about the pot calling the kettel black.

The ONLY reason you said a damn thing is your ratings are slipping further and further down the shitter! Now you want it to look like you're a "Nice Guy"... Fuck off and die already.

""They [officers] will determine whether you violated a law. No one else can. Especially revenue can’t.”"

So this means that there are only SWORN officers checking all the redlight camera tickets, Right???And if not, all the cameras are coming down right???? After all they are based in Arizona, where we don't want to do any business anyway right??

Mayor Daley: "They officers will determine whether you violated a law. No one else can. Especially revenue can’t.” ***************************Print this out and take with you when you to the hearing if you received a citation from the dept of Revenue.

A stupid WC had us do a seat belt mission on on sunday. Our (should be a lieutenant) sergeant cleverly posted the signs where church folk would be passing and we snared us a mess of violators. No criminals! just elderly church going folks. That stupid WC (she) must of gotten reemed 'caused a seat belt mission was never done again.

“Stupidity. It was stupid. Just stupid. Some bureaucrat sent that out,” Daley said at an unrelated news conference. “The revenue department has nothing to do with the police department, period. They [officers] will determine whether you violated a law. No one else can. Especially revenue can’t.”

I'm pretty sure Daley just said that tickets issued by the Dept of Revenue crews were null and void. There's your defense in admin court.

Hmm, let's see. An memo, intended to be internal, escaped and made its' way into the wrong/right hands(-; The memo finds its' way to the front page of the Sun-Times. Oops! Now someone has to be the scapegoat and pay...in this case it happens to be Bea with her one day suspension.

Good job to all the Northside Districts for penalizing the taxpayers even more. If you work in one of those 5 Dists you should be ashamed of yourself,especially if you have enough time on to realize what an idiot you are.

I am not the police but have been a business owner in Edgewater for 27 years. I don't know who to talk to, but have seen the Thorndale/Broadway area turn I to a war zone. Numerous police frequent my business and turned me on to this sight. Yesterday for 25 minutes over a 2 square block area,there were multiple people shooting at each other and no beat cops to be found. Could someone tell the beat cop that his job is on Thorndale not writing parking tickets near my house at Touhy and Sacramento. I pay taxes too!!!!!!!

Now...in all fairness. If the dude that wrote you was Un-professional in anyway...file a complaint.

Oh...did you happen to ask to move the car and avoid the ticket?

That actually works with some of the Revenue people.

/not a cop

8/18/2010 03:49:00 PM

If you read my posts it says he was writing one of my cars and as I was getting into my second car I asked him if I could move it which he replied "It's to late and ran up and zapped my second plate with his plate reader ticket writer." and WTF would filing a complaint against a civilian in a bright green vest do I still have to pay the ticket. Whatever you may believe if you read all my posts, like I said if he got the first car already written fine I'll pay (sign or no sign posted) but to be a dick a write the second car as I was getting ready to move it is being a dickhead to me. My post was started not about me trying to get out of the tickets, it was about these civilian ticket writers hitting up every car for every bullshit violation that they could think of in the tax paying neighborhoods (too afraid to go to the ghetto). So only Mr. Gianfrancisco, myself and other pissed off neighbors know what time it happened, that there were no signs anywhere near posted and this jagoff was unprofessional.

Anonymous said... Good job to all the Northside Districts for penalizing the taxpayers even more. If you work in one of those 5 Dists you should be ashamed of yourself,especially if you have enough time on to realize what an idiot you are.

8/18/2010 07:22:00 PM

I know there are no "quotas" but everyday at roll calls in a certain northside district the WC's cry and yell that we need more tickets. Yeah no quotas.

hey 2 CC try running a news paper search cause I remember Revenue Bea getting a huge raise or bonus last year for all the money she made the city even gave her an award. Now she gets on extra day off on her weekend LMFAO who do they think they are fooling. Oh wait it's the morons that keep voting him in, that's right.

If you read my posts it says he was writing one of my cars and as I was getting into my second car I asked him if I could move it which he replied "It's to late and ran up and zapped my second plate with his plate reader ticket writer." and WTF would filing a complaint against a civilian in a bright green vest do I still have to pay the ticket. Whatever you may believe if you read all my posts, like I said if he got the first car already written fine I'll pay (sign or no sign posted) but to be a dick a write the second car as I was getting ready to move it is being a dickhead to me. My post was started not about me trying to get out of the tickets, it was about these civilian ticket writers hitting up every car for every bullshit violation that they could think of in the tax paying neighborhoods (too afraid to go to the ghetto). So only Mr. Gianfrancisco, myself and other pissed off neighbors know what time it happened, that there were no signs anywhere near posted and this jagoff was unprofessional.

***********if there were no signs posted, wait until you get a second notice in the mail with the photo. then contest the ticket by mail pointing out the fact that there were no signs posted and that there is no evidence of any signs in the photo. that happened to me once and i got out of it. still, the guy who wrote you sounds like an idiot.

if there were no signs posted, wait until you get a second notice in the mail with the photo. then contest the ticket by mail pointing out the fact that there were no signs posted and that there is no evidence of any signs in the photo. that happened to me once and i got out of it. still, the guy who wrote you sounds like an idiot.

8/19/2010 04:13:00 AM

I understand that, but there are no pictures taken by some civilian walking up and down the street writing parkers. (Maybe the sweepers themselves do it)

It's always been a war zone, with occasional interruptions for condo development, "Contagious" discotheque getting torn down, CAPS frenzies, etc. It always comes back to its own level.

What a laugh I got last time I was over there -- a beautiful park was built on the southwest corner of Thorndale and Sheridan Road. For the old people up in the high-rises there? Hell no, place jammed with cocky-ass M/1 gangbangers who'd taken it over completely. They don't play much chess on those little tables...I wouldn't go near it without a lot of help with me.